Object Description
This is an elegant Antique Edwardian inlaid flame mahogany dressing table, Circa 1900 in date.
It features inlaid satinwood banding and boxwood stringing throughout.
The arched rectangular mirror with bevelled plate that sits on uprights headed by brass urn finials.
The top has a breakfront back with two small drawers over a base with two frieze drawers and two half width drawers around an arched kneehole. It is raised on square tapering legs that terminate in the original brass castors.
There is no mistaking its superb quality and fantastic design, which alone is certain to make this set a talking point in your home and become a treasured addition to the furniture in your bedroom.
Condition:
In really excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned, polished and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:Height 161 cm x Width 120 cm x Depth 52 cm Height 58 cm x Width 51 cm – Knee hole
Dimensions in inches:Height 5 foot, 3 inches x Width 3 foot, 11 inches x Depth 1 foot, 8 inchesHeight 1 foot, 11 inches x Width 1 foot, 8 inches – Knee hole
Flame Mahogany
Thomas Sheraton – 18th century furniture designer, once characterized mahogany as “best suited to furniture where strength is demanded as well as a wood that works up easily, has a beautiful figure and polishes so well that it is an ornament to any room in which it may be placed.” Matching his words to his work, Sheraton designed much mahogany furniture. The qualities that impressed Sheraton are particularly evident in a distinctive pattern of wood called “flame mahogany.”
The flame figure in the wood is revealed by slicing through the face of the branch at the point where it joins another element of the tree.
Our reference: A4647